Fondazione Italia Education

What Fondazione Italia Education does

Fondazione Italia Education is a Rome-based nonprofit foundation established in 1995 (with operational roots dating to the early 1990s) that delivers educational and career orientation programs to Italian secondary school students, recent graduates, and their families. Its core offering consists of three flagship event series: the Educational Tour, a national school-orientation roadshow that visits approximately 30 Italian cities annually; the Young International Forum, an annual career fair held in Rome (17th edition in 2025); and Orientasud, a southern Italy opportunity fair in Naples that attracted over 26,000 visitors in 2024 (25th edition; 27th edition scheduled for November 2026). The foundation operates with a stated staff of approximately 10 employees and is led by President Mariano Berriola.

The foundation's product surface extends well beyond physical events. It has developed a digital orientation platform offering courses, video on-demand content, and live streaming; sub-brand programs including IO SCELGO (a 10-volume book series on university majors and professions), IO PRATICO PCTO (school-to-work internships), Student Reporter (journalism training with Corriere dell'Università), Teatrorienta (theatre-based self-awareness workshops), Scuola 107 (a student web radio project), and the JOB AND SCHOOL board game. Supporting platforms include LikeFogg (international study/work opportunities) and Natlive (virtual event streaming). Underlying technology is primarily a content-distribution and event-management stack rather than proprietary software.

The foundation operates as a private nonprofit rather than a revenue-generating entity. Services are provided free of charge to students ("a titolo gratuito previa prenotazione"), with funding derived from institutional partnerships, public-sector co-development, and event sponsorships. Named institutional partners include the Italian Ministry of Labor and Social Policies, ANPAL (National Agency for Active Labor Policies), INAPP, Regione Lazio, the Presidency of the Republic (which has formally adhered to Orientasud), Sapienza Università di Roma, Università della Tuscia, the Department for Cohesion Policies, and Apple Developer Academy Napoli. No venture capital, private equity, or institutional investment is indicated; the entity is founder-controlled.

Name

Fondazione Italia Education

Legal name

Fondazione Italia Education

Website

https://italiaeducation.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fondazione Italia Education is a Rome-based nonprofit foundation delivering free educational and career orientation programs to Italian high school students, graduates, and families through national school tours, annual career fairs, digital content, and partnerships with ministries, universities, and regional institutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational and Career Orientation Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

International Student Orientation & Transition Programs (EDALANAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

University & College Study Tours (THAKAGAC), Special Education / Intervention & Differentiated Instruction Content Development (EDAGAKAO)

Keywords

• Educational orientation services
• Career guidance programs
• Student orientation events
• Career fair organization
• Educational content publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Educational Programs and Events: Organization appears to generate revenue through organizing and delivering educational orientation programs, career fairs, and training events for students, schools, and institutions across Italy

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Fondazione Italia Education is a nonprofit foundation that organizes and delivers educational and career orientation services for Italian secondary and university students. Its core offerings are the Educational Tour (a national school orientation tour covering 30 cities), the Young International Forum (annual Rome career fair), and Orientasud (Naples career expo), complemented by orientation content (books, mini-guides), work-experience programs, journalism training, and a digital platform with on-demand video and live streaming. Services are delivered free of charge to students and funded through institutional partnerships and sponsorships.

Product overview

Fondazione Italia Education operates as an orientation and education foundation offering a portfolio of events, programs, and digital platforms. The core offerings include the Educational Tour (national school orientation tour), Young International Forum (annual Rome forum), and Orientasud (Naples opportunity fair). Supporting products include orientation tools like Orientamedia, IO PRATICO work experience programs, Student Reporter journalism projects, Job and School educational games, IO SCELGO book series, and Teatrorienta theatre workshops. The organization also maintains digital platforms including LikeFogg for international opportunities and Natlive for virtual event streaming. The Mini Guide di Orientamento provides downloadable orientation resources for students.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Young International Forum: Annual international forum in Rome for youth orientation on education, university, work, and career opportunities.
• Orientasud
• Educational Tour
• IO SCELGO
• Scuola 107
• Orientamedia
• IO PRATICO
• Student Reporter
• Teatrorienta
• JOB AND SCHOOL

Products and services

• Educational Tour National orientation tour that travels through Italian secondary schools, bringing orientation experts directly into classrooms to help final-year students reflect on their post-graduation educational and professional paths. Co-designed with each partner school and delivered free of charge to students.
• Young International Forum (YIF) Annual international forum held in Rome featuring conferences, workshops, and laboratories where students explore educational and career opportunities directly with universities, companies, and public institutions. The flagship event of the foundation's fair portfolio.
• Orientasud — Salone delle Opportunità Annual career and orientation fair held in Naples offering conferences, workshops, laboratories, and information areas for students from southern Italy. The largest career expo in southern Italy.
• Orientamedia Orientation project supporting students and families during the transition from middle school to high school, providing tools for autonomous and informed decision-making about upper-secondary study paths.
• IO PRATICO — PCTO Program Work-orientation project for secondary schools that promotes awareness of work culture through theoretical-practical training and internship experiences, with transversal skills at the center of programming; satisfies PCTO requirements.
• Student Reporter Journalism and media-training project developed with Corriere dell'Università, in which students produce news reports, video reportages, podcasts, and TV hosting segments under the guidance of foundation experts.
• Job and School Board game-based learning tool focused on transversal (soft) skills, designed to engage students in learning through play with sections covering university, work, and skills for career planning.
• IO SCELGO (Book Series) Proprietary book series (10 volumes) explaining university majors and professions organized by study area (Economics, Engineering, Law, Mathematics, etc.), used as a guidance resource for students choosing degree programs.
• Teatrorienta Theatre workshop that activates internal factors such as character, aptitudes, motivations, and values to stimulate self-awareness and motivation through creative and expressive tools, used as an orientation method.
• Scuola 107 (Student Web Radio) Student-led web radio project where students create journalistic content, develop broadcasting skills, and produce podcasts under the guidance of Italia Education experts in collaboration with Corriere dell'Università.
• LikeFogg International Opportunities Platform Information platform facilitating international experiences for young people, presenting job, internship, traineeship, and scholarship opportunities abroad as part of the foundation's orientation services.
• Natlive Virtual Event Streaming Platform Digital platform used for streaming orientation events, enabling remote student participation in fairs via virtual booths and video interviews with universities and employers.
• Mini Guide di Orientamento Library of 27 downloadable mini-guides covering Italian university degree courses with practical information, study materials, training objectives, career opportunities, and interviews with professionals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 26,000 young people attended Orientasud 2024
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

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App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• Università della TusciacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Stefano Ubertini from Università della Tuscia serves as President of the Scientific Committee. The university collaborates on orientation research and program development.
• Sapienza Università di RomacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Tiziana Pascucci, Dean of Medicine and Surgery at Sapienza, serves on the Scientific Committee and participates in orientation activities.
• Dipartimento per le Politiche di Coesione (Department for Cohesion Policies)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Presidency of the Council of Ministers department participates in Educational Tour with 'A Scuola di Open Coesione' project to inform students about EU cohesion policies.
• Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali (Ministry of Labor and Social Policies)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024The Ministry of Labor and Social Policies partners with Italia Education for youth employment initiatives and orientation programs, presenting workshops and information on job opportunities at career fairs.
• ANPAL (National Agency for Active Labor Policies)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024ANPAL participates in orientation events with dedicated workshops on apprenticeships and active labor market policies, helping connect young people with employment opportunities.
• INAPP (National Institute for Public Policies Analysis)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024INAPP collaborates on European mobility programs and presents Erasmus+ opportunities at career fairs, supporting youth international experience initiatives.
• Regione LaziocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Regional government of Lazio supports Young International Forum and has developed 16 ITS Academy programs for technical education in the region.
• Corriere dell'UniversitàcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Mariano Berriola serves as Director of Corriere dell'Università. The newspaper collaborates on content creation, student radio projects, and career journalism initiatives.
• Presidency of the RepublicflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Orientasud has received adhesion from the Presidency of the Republic, demonstrating high-level institutional recognition for the career fair initiative.
• Apple Developer Academy NapoliminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Collaboration on startup and entrepreneurship workshops at Orientasud events, introducing students to app development and tech entrepreneurship.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Kuder: Career assessment and planning provider focused on evidence-based interest, skills and work-value assessments for students; an emerging player with partial overlap on Italia Education's aptitude-testing orientation methodology.

Broad incumbents

• Naviance (PowerSchool): College, career and life-readiness platform embedded in US school districts; a broader incumbent offering comparable student self-discovery, goal-setting and post-secondary planning functionality.
• Studenti.it: Italian student media site offering university guides, school reviews and career content; broader incumbent in student-information publishing rather than event-led orientation.
• Skuola.net: Long-standing Italian student portal covering university orientation, school choice and career guidance content; broader media platform with overlapping audience and content categories.
• Xello: Canada-based K-12 career and college planning platform used globally to deliver student self-assessment and post-secondary exploration; comparable on the digital-orientation platform layer of Italia Education's emerging Natlive/on-demand offering.

Direct peers

• AlmaLaurea: Consortium of Italian universities providing graduate employment statistics, career services and orientation content to students and institutions; a direct comparator on the university-career-orientation segment.
• ORIENTARE: Italian regional education and orientation provider running career events, school tours and counseling services; directly comparable to Italia Education's secondary-school orientation model.
• Job&Orienta: Italy's largest career and education fair held annually in Verona; offers school-to-work and university orientation workshops, conferences and exhibitor booths, closely mirroring Italia Education's Young International Forum and Orientasud model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ItaliaEducation
• Facebookfacebook.com/ItaliaEducation%20
• Instagraminstagram.com/italiaeducation/%20
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fondazione-italia-education

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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